Libya denied Friday that its Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the human rights situation in Libya. Rice and Shalqam met in Washington Thursday for the highest level talks between the two countries in 35 years. Ties have been improving since Libya agreed in 2003 to abandon its weapons of mass destruction programs, renounce terrorism and pay compensation to the families of victims of several attacks. The State Department said Rice urged Shalqam to complete the compensation of families of victims of the Pan Am attack and the 1986 bombing of a Berlin disco.